Can sharp seismic discontinuities be caused by non-equilibrium phase transformations?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 1994, Pages 267-279

  Solomatov, Viatcheslav S ^a   Stevenson, David J ^a  

^a Seismological Laboratory 252 21 California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA 91125 USA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0028593282     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(94)90220-8     Document Type: Article

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